As Douglas Adams said, we’re “so amazingly primitive that [we] still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.”

I bet it *does* make kids more anxious—especially if they’re already facing parental pressure to perform (with parents regularly checking grades). That, along with constant tracking of their movements, would make anyone crack up. 😒 Leave those kids alone.

Ooh, and the MSP has a Prince exhibit that includes handwritten song lyrics. Who knew he had such great handwriting?!

I’ve seen Seattleites at a local swimming pool wearing their ankle monitors. Surely this court can find a device from another manufacturer. 😒

That is the strangest thing! Like telling a chef you love her food but just blend it into a smoothie to get it all down faster. 😒

YES. Fully opaque bathroom door that *closes*! Actual hinges—none of this barn door hardware nonsense!

Of course—but maybe he’s an alumnus of Carleton? 🤷 He can’t wear a MN loon uprising shirt as WA governor, so this would be a quiet nod to the state’s fight against ICE occupation without outraging the zealots. (Just surmising here—I have no idea why he wore it, but even clothing is political.)

Hey, that’s in my home state! Maybe he’s showing a little Minnesota pride in an oblique way, for No Kings?

I was *just* thinking about John Vaillant’s book, “The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival.” When it came out, I had already read Jack London’s To Build a Fire to our kids (as we drove through snowy mountain roads). I read Tiger excerpts aloud—highly recommended if you love winter stories!

I can hook you up, Moons. 😏

“Creepy suburbs,” and my mind immediately jumps to the first scene in Get Out: “It’s like a goddamned hedge maze around here.”

Thanks for the show recommendation! I need the escapism.

Honestly? It might be for their own notes, so they can make it again. My mom used to write in her cookbooks and leave check marks on recipes she liked. Double checks if a recipe was really good. ;)
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Oooh, a phone with *buttons*, not a dial! Some folks got fancy

Huh. I wouldn’t have thought of it, but I love the watermelon-feta salad combo. I can imagine this being good. 🤷

YES! 😂

Vintage 50s clock on a wall with with four pipes for the doorbell chime

Ours is like a piece of furniture: long pipes connected to a clock (which we haven’t been able to fix). We had to reconnect the wires and install a new button outside. So far, so good. 🤞 It looks like this one—how can you not love it?! Louder than a rotary phone, tho

When we moved into our house a few years ago we promptly pulled down the Ring and now the extremely loud 60s-era chime doorbell makes me shriek with surprise every time it rings. 😆 It’s worth it, because it’s cool, but it’s exhausting to a jumpy guy like me

Ah yes! #howSeattleRiots

He was a kid back then, but it was meant as an anti-gay slur, of course—not just a dig at coastal elites. “And Candlestick Park didn’t serve wine!”

Thank you for this. I read to my SF-born spouse, who raged (yet still managed to correct my pronunciation of various city landmarks 🙄). “Those guys don’t even LIVE in Boston!” where they’d see the same issues. He’s still sore about about Niners fans characterized as “Chadonnay-drinking” back in ‘81.

(‘cause that guy deserves it until the end of time)

Oooh! Are we doing the Two Minutes Hate now?

I almost feel sorry for her…but she could resign rather than take these cases (and to stand up for what’s right. Then take a breather before applying for jobs with the good guys, until this administration implodes).

I dunno—the term “pyrocumulonimbus” entered my consciousness during the Australian wildfires six years ago. I don’t like this new weather mashup game. 😬

Seattle homeowners accused of felling 150 trees on public land for a better view The destruction of an acre and a half of trees along a public greenbelt has drawn condemnation and sparked civil lawsuits

Ughhh…this tracks. The number of cases in Washington State where people have illegally cut down trees to improve their views..! 😡 A circuit court judge, even, in ‘99. This one’s more recent:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016...

So…after reading Bonnie Tsui’s incredible book Why We Swim, I am now aware that there is such a thing as Samurai swimming: jumping into a pool (or fording a river/strait) in full armor and managing to get across and still use your weapons against the enemy. 🤯
I want to learn these strokes!

You folks really *are* strong, good looking, and Above Average!
(Lake Woebegone reference, for all the kids out there)

I’d be an Arbequina.

Yes. That “American carnage” motherfucker needs to stop dripping his poison into Trump’s ear, first thing. Trials later.